The Power of your Own Voice: community arts, social justice and crafting hope
In this conversation, part of our Crafting Hope series, Emma Pavey is joined by Gauri Taylor-Nayar and Rachel Griffiths to talk about the role of community choirs and community theatre work for crafting hope together in our local communities.
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Listen to the episode here or via most of the usual podcast sources.
View online or download here a handout with quotes from Rachel and Gauri to stimulate discussion, as well as links to resources and references mentioned.
Find a transcript of this episode here.
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Gauri Taylor-Nayar directs the Cardiff Methodist Community Choir. She has a background in music and works as an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA).
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Rachel Griffiths is a participative theatre-maker, working in socially engaged practice, using theatre as a way to enable communities, often those on the social margins, to articulate a message, or a story that they want to tell, using the methodology of Augusto Boal.
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